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Posted July 14, 2007 11:30 pm

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Savannah Morning News

Letter respondents fall prey to Muslim propaganda

I have been following with great interest the rebuttals to Mr. Threagold's letter to you. I strongly disagree with both Mr. Amin and Ms. Abdallah's comments about religious freedom in the various Muslim countries.

Obviously, they do not know their facts and history or have been duped by the Islamic propagandists into believing that Muslim countries allow religious freedom and free expression thereof.

In particular, I would like to see Mr. Amin's evidence when he boldly proclaims "Islam tolerates other religions; witness the millions of Christians and churches throughout the Muslim world."

This is simply not true. Christians are persecuted, killed and their churches burned in most if not all Muslim nations throughout the world.

Even in the secular Islamic state of Turkey, Christians must be cautious in practicing and professing their faith. Sadly, it seems that Ms. Abdallah has fallen for this absolute myth as well.

For example in Saudi Arabia, our erstwhile ally in the global war on terrorism, any person that does mission work or converts a Muslim faces jail or execution.

Even foreign Christians that visit Saudi Arabia are not allowed to meet together to worship. So much for religious liberty and tolerance there.

I believe you would find similar examples of such persecution and oppression in each and every country that calls itself a Muslim nation. If you would like to see for yourself, I would suggest that you visit the Web site of a group called the Voices of the Martyrs.

Unfortunately, Christianity as well as the other world religions are anathema to the Muslim world.

I am thankful for a country where we can vigorously debate topics like this with such freedom. God bless America!

JOEL B. PASKAUSKAS II

Savannah

America already has a model for socialized medicine

This letter is in response to those who dismiss socialized medicine.

As a child, I was part of a family that enjoyed socialized medicine: I was a military "brat."

I had free medical and dental care until I turned 23, when I graduated college. At no time were any of us denied care, and some of those doctors saved my father's life on three occasions. A 28-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a retired civil servant, he lived until he was a few weeks short of 80 because of the socialized medicine in our military. While military hospitals have been underfunded during this administration, they represent a home-grown model for universal care.

Currently, my son and I have a dental plan and a medical PPO that includes some prescriptions. Each year, I pay between $6,000 and $7,000 out of pocket for ordinary services and premiums. This past year, when I had an operation, I paid more than $10,000 out of pocket, a sizeable portion of my income. Because the plan is lacking - and it's one of the best offered - I seek only the care that's necessary for my son and me.

Contrary to what the people who don't read well have written, Tom Barton did not promote the film or advocate any plan; instead, he wrote that what we have is not working and that we must listen and open the debate.

Currently, 49 million Americans are without medical care, and many more of us are going deeper into debt trying to pay our medical bills. We have a model in the socialized medicine of the U.S. military and in the plans of in other countries.

If we were to take the best of each, surely we could come up with something that eliminates the current profiteering, while providing quality care for all of our people - just like they do in the military.

MICHELLE KILBOURNE

Savannah

Immigration debacle part of wider plan

Our constitution tells us that our government is "of the people, by the people and for the people," but our elected representatives (our servants) have now become our masters.

We've been betrayed by both parties and we the people have let it happen.

There is no better example than our current immigration reform debate that really is no debate at all. In spite of the will of the majority of Americans, the President and both parties are going to ram this boondoggle of a solution down our throats.

This bill has enough loop holes to fly a jumbo jet through and in spite of the valiant efforts of Sen. Johnny Isakson to shut down the border first, which should be the highest priority, it ain't gonna happen. Why? What's the motive behind their intransigence?

The motive can be found in the long-standing agenda of the New World Order crowd.

My British friends call them "The Planners." I call them the "Money and Power Brokers" of the world. As part of their long-range plans, the America we've known, a free and sovereign government, must be destroyed and replaced with a united Mexico, USA, Canada conglomerate without borders.

This has already happened or in the process of happening in Europe and other areas of the globe, eventually leading to a one-world government in the distant future. The road map is out there for all to see - if you're looking or interested.

I believe it was Italian statesman and philosopher Machiavelli who said all great societies die by suicide. We, as a once great nation, seem to be at a point of complacency-apathy on our slippery slope journey from slavery back to slavery. Suicide seems imminent.

CECIL M. TUTEN

Port Wentworth

Citizens should protest execution

I would like to appeal to all the folks in Savannah-Chatham County to protest the death of a possibly innocent man who is another victim of our criminal injustice system.

Troy Davis has not been treated fairly by any element in the judicial system. He was accused based on inconclusive evidence, did not have decent legal representation and has not really had all the court appeals he is entitled to. Having a court refuse to hear the case is not the same as a face-to-face appeal.

People all over the country are protesting his death at the hands of an institution that is known to execute innocent people especially if they are poor or black. People as divergent as Bishop Desmond Tutu to the Indigo Girls are protesting his death.

I am a member of a local faith community and white. However I cannot sit by and allow a fellow human being, who might be innocent, to be executed.

If you feel the same, you can go to a Web site set up by his family at troyanthonydavis.org and sign a petition to stop his execution on July 17. You can also fax a letter demanding clemency to the Parole Board at 404-651-5282. Whatever you choose to do, please do something.